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Serious Fraud Office: Manpower

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Solicitor-General what proportion of Serious Fraud Office staff are (a) lawyers, (b) accountants and (c) police officers; and what the equivalent numbers were on 31 December 2007. (215308)

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) does not keep separate records of the number of police officers or accountants that it employs. Both police officers and accountants can work in the capacity of financial investigators at the SFO. On 18 July 2008, the following numbers of staff by category specified was as follows:

Job role

Number of staff

Proportion of total staff1 (percentage)

Investigators

117

39

Lawyers

58

19

1 Based on 299 permanent members of staff in post on 18 July 2008.

On 31 December 2007, the following numbers of staff by category specified was as follows:

Job role

Number of staff

Proportion of total staff1 (percentage)

Investigators

118

39

Lawyers

58

19

1 Based on 300 permanent members of staff in post on 31 December 2007.